Re:Apple Will Not Reinstate Epic’s Fortnite Developer Account
by ye_olde_gamer on Thursday September 23, 2021 @11:20AM
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Fortnite notwithstanding, Epic also makes the Unreal Engine, which is one of the biggest ones alongside Unity -- especially for cross-platform games. Hindering iOS development of UE will affect a lot of other game devs, both huge and indie.
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Re:Apple Will Not Reinstate Epic’s Fortnite Developer Account
by rdsnsca on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:00PM
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Unreal Engine is under a different developer license than the one Apple canceled, though the judge did rule it would be legal for Apple to cancel all of Epics licences.
"(2) a declaration that (i) Apple's termination of the DPLA and the related agreements between Epic Games and Apple was valid, lawful, and enforceable, and (ii) Apple has the contractual right to terminate its DPLA with any or all of Epic Games' wholly owned subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or other entities under Epic Games' control at any time and at Apple's sole discretion."
Re:Apple Will Not Reinstate Epic’s Fortnite Developer Account
by ye_olde_gamer on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:41PM
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Epic's first-party games are often a showcase / development driver for new versions of UE, though (the way Unreal, the game, first popularized UE, the engine). If Epic can't publish their own games on iOS anymore, they would have less incentive/ability to iterate UE on that platform even if that license wasn't canceled.
It's a loss for cross-platform gaming altogether. Apple just really doesn't give a damn about their users =/